DR Congo forward, Cedric Bakambu, has tipped Super Eagles and Atalanta, Ademola Lookman to win the 2024 African Player of the Year award. The 2024 CAF awards will be held on Monday, December 16 in Marrakesh Morocco. Lookman has taken the world by storm in the past year, constantly showing up for club and country, Read More

Lobi Stars striker Ossy Martins is reportedly being kept out of the Super Eagles B training camp in Ikenne by an injury while Enyimba duo Imo Obot and Henry Ozoemena won’t join the rest of the squad until the Aba giants CAF Confederation Cup clash against Zamalek on Sunday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The home-based Read More

Former Turkey striker Umit Karan has praised Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen for his performance in Galatasaray’s 1-0 win over Bodrumspor on Monday. Osimhen led the line for Galatasaray when they travelled to Bodrum Ilce Stadi for their Super Lig fixture against Bodrumspor. Recall that Osimhen’s striker partner Mauro Icardi sustained an anterior cruciate ligament Read More

Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen has hailed late Super Eagles legend Rashidi Yekini as Nigeria’s greatest striker ever, despite being on course to break the former Olympiakos forward’s goalscoring record, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Osimhen, who recently equalled Segun Odegbami as Nigeria’s joint second-highest goalscorer with 23 goals after netting in the 1-1 draw against Benin Read More

Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong has said that the team must defend set pieces better in subsequent matches after they were exposed by the Benin Republic and Rwanda in their last two games of the 2025 AFCON qualifiers, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Nigeria failed to win either of the matches and conceded two goals from Read More

Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman has been nominated for the Forward of the Year category at the prestigious Gran Galà del Calcio awards following his outstanding performances for Atalanta last season, The PUNCH reports. The 27-year-old, who is also in contention for the 2024 CAF Men’s Player of the Year award, will compete against Inter Read More

The Super Eagles’ alarming dip in form, highlighted by Monday’s shock 2-1 home defeat to Rwanda, has raised serious concerns about Nigeria’s prospects at both the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Despite securing AFCON qualification, the three-time African champions have gone without a win in three out of Read More

Interim coach Austin Eguavoen has blamed the Super Eagles’ poor performance on their inability to score due to a lack of creativity and flair in the midfield position, The PUNCH reports. Nigeria ended their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on a disappointing note as they suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at home to Rwanda Read More

Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk has claimed that Victor Osimhen is the best striker in Europe at the moment and is better than two-time Premier League Golden Boot winner and Manchester City striker Erling Haaland. The Super Eagles striker has been unstoppable in the colours of the Turkish giants, notching eight goals and four assists in Read More

Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho remains upbeat about the team’s chances of turning their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign around ahead of the resumption of the series in March 2025, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Iheanacho and his teammates just ended the 2025 AFCON qualifiers campaign on a sour note, losing 2-1 at home to Rwanda Read More

Super Eagles head coach, Augustine Eguavoen, has expressed his continued support for striker, Victor Boniface, despite the forward’s ongoing struggles to replicate his club form with the national team. Speaking during a media interaction after Rwanda clash on Monday, Eguavoen admitted that Boniface’s underperformance has been a point of frustration but maintained that the player Read More

Former Nigeria internationals Victor Ikpeba and Mutiu Adepoju have expressed disappointment following the Super Eagles’ shock 2-1 defeat to Rwanda in their final 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Uyo on Monday, The PUNCH reports. The Eagles surrendered a one-goal lead as Rwanda scored twice in three minutes through Aimable Mutinzi and Imanishimwe Nshuti Read More

Nigerian football fans have criticised Victor Boniface’s underwhelming display in the Super Eagles’ shock 2-1 defeat to Rwanda in their final Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Uyo on Monday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Despite Nigeria’s qualification for the AFCON 2025 already secured supporters expressed their frustration with the Bayern Leverkusen striker’s performance as the Read More

Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman and goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali have both been named in the final five-man shortlist for the CAF player and keeper of the year awards but defender William Troost-Ekong missed out on the final list, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Three weeks after releasing the initial long list, CAF has officially unveiled the Read More